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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
I remember a short story published years ago in 'OMNI' magazine.
The law had changed so that academics and engineers were effectively the servants of a monumentally stupid underclass. Uni degrees could be earned in fishing, car-waxing, cosmetics, women's studies, sociology, etc etc.
Anyone with a shred of academic or intellectual prowess was streamed into a special programme and brainwashed into thinking they owed the vast unwashed their expertise.
It was funny at the time. But now.....
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I wonder just how many 'true' academics are in parliament.
Just goes to show, you don't need to be intellectual to be a leader.
Intellectuals confuse the masses.
I was rewatching the remake of the classic 'The Day the Earth Stood Still', the one with Keanu Reaves in it.
And one line stood out throughout that film for me, above all others.
Bit over halfway through, 'Klaatu' mentions something about
"...your leaders have shown their values..." and Dr Bensen replies
"Those aren't our leaders... you want to speak to our leaders... I'll take you to one." and she takes him to Professor Barnhardt, a Noble Prize winning bio scientist.
I believe that same sentiment can be applied to 'today'.
